Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That C. J. Satter, Joseph Tanner, William Gallagher, William Carter, Elisha Jenny and Theron Baldwin, and their successors be and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate by the name of the “Trustees of the Waverly Seminary,” and by that name and style to remain and have perpetual succession. The said seminary shall be and remain at or near Waverly, in the county of Morgan, and state of Illinois. The number of trustees shall not exceed nine, exclusive of the principal or presiding officer, who shall ex officio be a member of the board of trustees, but no other instructor shall be a member of said board. For the present, the aforesaid individuals shall constitute the board of trustees, who shall fill the remaining vacancies at their pleasure.

Sec. 2. That James Reno, John Evans, Justus Rider, Titus W. Vigus, Alfred W. Cavarly, John Allen and John Russell and their successors, be and they are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate by the name of the “Trustees of the Carrollton Seminary,” and by that name and style to have perpetual succession. The said seminary shall be and remain in or near the town of Carrollton in the county of Greene. The number of trustees shall not exceed nine, exclusive of the principal or presiding officer, who shall, ex officio, be a member of the board of trustees, but no other instructor shall be a member of said board. For the present, the aforesaid individuals shall constitute the board of trustees, who shall fill the remaining vacancies at their discretion.

Sec. 3. That James Black, William Hodge, Asahel Lee, Thomas B. Hickman, N. M. McCurdy, Harvey Lee, John D. Goren and William C. Greenup, and their successors, be and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate, by the name of the “Trustees of the Fayette Seminary,” and by that name and style, to remain and have perpetual succession. The said seminary shall be and remain

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at or near Vandalia. The number of trustees shall not exceed nine, exclusive of the principal or presiding officer, who shall, ex officio, be a member of the board of trustees, but no other instructor shall be a member of said board. For the present, the aforesaid individuals shall constitute the board of trustees, who shall fill the remaining vacancies at their pleasure.

Sec. 4. That George Henderson, Nathan Kendall, Chauncey Lee, Henry M. Blanchard, Ransom Swallow, Philip Jarboe, Elijah Lott, Beverly W. Holliday, Calvin Hagar, Wilson J. Drish, William Lane, Cyrus Tolman, Charles Gregory, Henry Robly, Smith Post, Timothy Ladd, Joshua Hanks, John Thompson, Charles Kitchens, John Henderson, Benjamin Smith, Daniel Henderson, and James Henderson, and their successors, be and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate, by the name of the “Trustees of the White Hall Seminary,” and by that name and style to remain and have perpetual succession. That said seminary shall be and remain at or near White Hall, in Greene county, Illinois. The number of trustees shall not exceed twenty two, exclusive of the principal or presiding officer, who shall, ex officio, be a member of the board of trustees, but no other instructor shall be a member of said board. For the present the aforesaid individuals shall constitute the board of trustees.

Sec. 5. That Isaac W. Hallam, J. Hinton, J. C. Goodhue, George W. Snow, J. M. Strode, Ebenezar Peck, John H. Kinzie, James H. Collins, J. B. Beaubien, D. Brainard, William H. Brown, E. D. Taylor and J. W. C. Coffin, and their successors, be and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate by the name of the “Trustees of the Chicago Seminary,” and by that name and style to remain and have perpetual succession. The said seminary shall be and remain at or near Chicago, in the county of Cook, and the state of Illinois. The number of trustees shall not exceed thirteen, exclusive of the principal or presiding officer, who shall, ex officio, be a member of the board of trustees, but no other instructor shall be a member of said board. For the present the aforesaid individuals shall constitute the board of trustees, who shall fill the remaining vacancies at their pleasure.

Sec. 6. That H. R. Norfolk, William Cullam, Thomas B. Ross, S. B. Shelledy, Isaac Lewis, C. S. Morton, James Adkins, Nathan Ellington, Samuel Owens, Andrew Clark, William Frost, Daniel Barhum, Levi Flener, David Winkler, John Martin, James A. Mitchell, James Ashmore, Reuben Canterberry, James Hite, William Allison, Lewis W. Tine and Joel Conely, and their successors, be and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate,

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by the name and style of the “Trustees of Charleston seminary,” and by that name and style to remain and have perpetual succession. The said seminary shall be and remain at or near Charleston, in Coles county; the number of trusteess shall not exceed twenty-one, exclusive of the principal or presiding officer, who shall, ex officio, be a member of the board of trustees, but no other instructor shall be a member of said board. For the present the aforesaid individuals shall constitute a board of trustees.

Sec. 7. That John Lane, Leonard White, Daniel Curtain, Charles Guard, Dr. A. B. Dake, William Hick, John Crneshaw, Daniel Wood and Samuel D. Hawk, and their successors, be and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of the “Trustees of Equality Seminary,” and by that name and style to remain and have perpetual succession. The said seminary shall be and remain at or near Equality, in the county of Gallatin, and State of Illinois; the number of trustees shall not exceed nine, exclusive of the presiding officer, who shall, ex officio, be a member of the board of trustees, but no other instructor shall be. For the present, the aforesaid individuals shall constitute the board of trustees, who shall fill the remaining vacancies at their pleasure.

Sec. 8. That Stephen Dewey, Stephen H. Pitkin, Truman Phelps, Myron Phelps, Albert S. Miller, Newton Walker, William Proctor, Roger Veats, John P. Boid, Patrick H. Hart, Joseph Sharp, William Johnson, Hugh Lamaster, and John McNeal, and their successors, be and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of the “Trustees of the Lewiston Seminary,” and by that name and style to remain and have perpetual succession. The said seminary shall be and remain at or near Lewiston, in the county of Fulton, and state of Illinois; the number of trustees shall not exceed fifteen, exclusive of the presiding officer, who shall, ex officio, be a member of the board of trustees, but not other instructor shall be. For the present, the aforesaid individuals shall constitute the board of trustees, who shall fill the remaining vacancies at their pleasure.

Sec. 9. That John T. Jones, William Brown, Truman M. Post, Otway Wilkinson, Matthew Stacy, and Fleming Stephenson, and their successors, be and they are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate by the name of the “Trustees of the Jacksonville Seminary,” and by that name and style to remain and have perpetual succession. The said seminary shall be and remain in the town of Jacksonville, in Morgan county; the number of

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trustees shall not exceed nine, exclusive of the principal or presiding officer, who shall, ex officio, be a member of the board of trustees, but no other instructor shall be a member of said board. For the present, the aforesaid individals shall constitute the board of trustees, who shall fill the remaining vacancies at their pleasure.

Sec. 10. That David Watt, Thomas Kibbey, Zalmon Carter, Ira Rowan, Levi Harlan, Thomas L. Killpatrick and Edward G. Minor, and their successors, be and they are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name of the “Trustees of the Winchester Seminary,” and by that name and style to remain and have perpetual succession. The said seminary shall be located in the town of Winchester, in Morgan county; the number of trustees shall not exceed nine, exclusive of the principal or presiding officer of the institution, who shall, ex officio, be a member of the board of trustees, but no other instructor shall be a member of said board. For the present, the aforesaid individuals shall constitute the board of trustees, who shall fill the remaining vacancies in said board.

Sec. 11. That Archibald Job, William Holmes, Stephen Lee, James Stephenson, Amos S. West, Joshua P. Crow, and Reddick Horn, and their successors, be and they are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate by the name of the “Trustees of Sylvan Grove Seminary,” and by that name and style to remain and have perpetual succession. The said seminary shall be located at or near sylvan grove, in the county of Morgan. The number of trustees shall not exceed nine, exclusive of the presiding officer of the seminary, who shall, ex officio, be a member of the board of trustees, but no other instructor shall be a member of the board of trustees. For the present, the aforesaid individuals shall constitute the board of trustees who shall fill remaining vacancies in said board.

Sec. 12. That David Marks, Joel Sugg, William Stuart, David Hunter, Henry Lee and Jacob Chenworth, and their successors, be and they are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name of the “Trustees of the Manchester Seminary,” and by that name and style to remain and have perpetual succession; that said seminary shall be and remain in the town of Manchester, in Morgan county. The number of trustees shall not exceed nine, exclusive of the presidng officer of the institution, who shall, ex officio, be a member of the board, but no other instructor shall be a member of the board. For the present, the aforesaid individuals shall constitute the board of trustees, who shall fill the remaining vacancies in the board at their pleasure.

Sec. 13. That Milton K. Alexander, Leander Mansel,

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James Jones, Abner Paine, Jonathan Mayo, Stephen Miller, and their successors, be and they are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of the “Trustees of the Paris Seminary,” and by that name to remain and have perpetual succession. The said seminary shall be located in the town of Paris, in Edgar county; the number of trustees shall not exceed nine, exclusive of the presiding officer of the institution, who shall, ex officio, be a member of the board of trustees, but no other instructor shall be a member of the board. For the present, the aforesaid individuals shall constitute the board of trustees, who shall fill the remaining vacancies in the board at their pleasure.

Sec. 14. That Thomas Wilbourne, Thomas Graham, Thomas Pogue, B. W. Schneider, O. M. Long, Moses Perkins, and Francis Avery, and their successors, be and they are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name of the “Trustees of the Beardstown Seminary,” and by that name and style, shall remain and have perpetual succession. The said seminary shall be and remain in the town of Beardstown, in Morgan county. The trustees of said seminary shall not exceed nine, exclusive of the presiding officer of the institution, who shall, ex officio, be a member of the board of trustees. For the present, the aforesaid individuals shall constitute the board of trustees, who shall fill the remaining vancies at their pleasure.

Sec. 15. The primary objects of the said institution shall be the education of the youth of the country, and to fit and prepare them for the various duties of life.

Sec. 16. The corporate powers hereby bestowed shall be the following, viz: To have perpetual succession; to make contracts; to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and to grant and receive by their corporate names; to accept, acquire, purchase or sell property, real, personal, or mixed, in all lawful ways; to use, employ, manage and dispose of all such property and all money belonging to said corporation, in such manner as shall seem to the trustees best adapted to promote the objects above mentioned; to have a common seal, and alter and change the same at pleasure; to make such by-laws for the regulation of said institution as are not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this state.

Sec. 17. The trustees of said corporation shall have authority from time to time, to prescribe and regulate the kind and course of studies to be pursued in said seminaries; to fix the rate of tuition and other academical expenses; to appoint instructors and such other officers and agents as may be necessary, in managing the concerns of the institu-

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tions; to define their duties; to fix their compensation, and to displace or remove them; to erect necessary buildings; to purchase books, chemical and philosophical apparatus, and other suitable means of instruction; to make rules for the general management of the affairs of the institution, and for the regulation of the conduct of the students.

Sec. 18. The trustees, for the time being, in order to have perpetual succession, shall have power to fill any vacancy which may occur in the board, from death, removal out of the state, resignation or other cause. A majority of the trustees for the time being, shall be a quorum to do business.

Sec. 19. The trustees of said institution shall appoint treasurers’ bonds, with such security, in such penalty, and with such conditions as the said boards may prescribe.

Sec. 20. The said institution shall be opened to all denominations of christians, and the profession of any particular religious faith shall not be required of those who become students. All persons, however, may be expelled or suspended from said institutions by the trustees thereof, whose habits are idle or vicious, or whose moral characters are bad.

Sec. 21. The lands, tenements, and hereditaments, to be held in perpetuity by either of said corporations, shall not exceed six hundred and forty acres; provided however, That if any donations, grants, devises in lands, shall from time to time be made to either of said corporations, over and above the six hundred and forty acres, which may be held in perpetuity as aforesaid, the same may be received and held by said corporation, for the period of five years from the date of any such donation, grant, or devise, at the end of which time, if the said lands shall not have been sold by said corporation, then and in that case the said lands so donated, granted or devised, shall revert to the donor, grantor, or the heirs of the devisor of the same.

Sec. 22. The provisions of this act, shall be considered as applicable to each of the corporations created as a separate and distinct body.

Approved 1st March, 1837.